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W. D.-LEWIS.

GAN OPENER. I No. 289,919. Patented Dec. 11,. 1883.

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WILLIAM'D. LEWIS, OF PLYMOUTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,919, dated December 11, 1883.

Application filedv August 31, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. LEwIs, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, at present residing at Plymouth, in the county of 5 Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Gan-peners and Knife'Sharpeners; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in- Io vention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertafns to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompa nying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part I of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side view Fig. 2, a top view; Fig. 3, a detail.

My invention relates to certain improvements in combined canopeners and knifesharpeners, whereby I am enabled to produce a compact and efficient can-opener and knife? sharpener, and which can be manufactured so cheaply as to become a household-article,.

the arrangement of the various parts of which 2 5 I will now proceed to describe. Referring to the drawings, similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the wooden handle B, the shank; O, the double edged knife-blade or cutter.

cis a pin secured to one side of the knifeblade, upon which pin is mounted a grooved roller, E, which,when the can-opener is in use, engages with the edge of the can and guides the knife-blade or cutter the proper distance from the rim. It also acts as a fulcrum for the knife or cutter.

F are legs secured to the shank B, upon which legs the can-opener rests when nm'; in use.

G and G are knife-sharpeners, secured to the shank B by the bolts H and th uInb-nuts H.

Said knife-sharpeners are made of highly-tempered cast'steel, and are formed in two parts,- 9 and 9. These parts are adjustable to and from each other by means of the bolts H and nuts H, and the slots "9 (shown in Fig. 3) in said parts 9 and g. edges can be put on knives, as desired. The

sharpener G is provided with teeth i, and is shank B, cutter O, and groovedroller E, se-

cured to one side of said cutter, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. The combined can opener and knifesharpener, consisting of the handle A, shank B, legs F, the cutter 0, having the grooved roller E, and the knife sharpeners G and G, composed of the parts 9 and g, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM D. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. WVILLIAMs, OWEN W. EDWARDS.

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